severable

/'sevərəbl/

Thân thiện

The contract contains a severable clause.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being separated or divided: Describes something that can be physically, legally, or conceptually detached or divided into distinct parts.
   • Able to be dissociated: Indicates that elements can be considered or treated as independent from each other.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The contract contains several severable clauses, allowing the rest of the agreement to remain valid if one part is voided.
  • The artist argued that the lyrics were not severable from the music; they formed a single, unified work.
  • In law, a severable statute means that if one section is found unconstitutional, the rest can still stand.

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: In contract law, a severability clause (or savings clause) states that if one part of a contract is invalid, the rest remains enforceable. The contract itself is described as severable.
  • The court found the non-compete agreement to be severable from the main employment contract.
• Philosophical/Conceptual Context: Used to discuss whether ideas, rights, or properties can be logically separated.
  • The philosopher debated whether mind and body were severable entities.

Variants and Related Words

• Sever (verb): To cut off or separate.
  • The company decided to sever ties with the supplier.
• Severability (noun): The quality or state of being severable.
  • The judge considered the issue of severability before ruling.
• Inseverable (adjective): Incapable of being severed or separated.
  • They had an inseverable bond of friendship.

Synonyms

• Separable: Capable of being separated.
• Detachable: Able to be disconnected or removed.
• Dissociable: Able to be considered separately or disconnected in thought.

Antonyms

• Inseparable: Incapable of being separated.
• Indivisible: Unable to be divided or separated.
• Inseverable: Not able to be severed.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Severable contract: A contract where the unenforceable parts can be removed without voiding the entire agreement.
  • Drafting a severable contract provides protection if local laws change.
• Severable offense: In criminal law, a charge that can be tried separately from others.
  • The prosecutor moved to try the charges as severable offenses.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being divided or dissociated;
   • often drugs and crime are not dissociable
   • the siamese twins were not considered separable
   • a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dissociable
• separable